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HEELBONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heelbone mean? 

HEELBONE (noun)
  The noun HEELBONE has 1 sense:

1. the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heelplay

  Familiarity information: HEELBONE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEELBONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

calcaneus; heelbone; os tarsi fibulare

Hypernyms ("heelbone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("heelbone" is a part of...):

foot; human foot; pes (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint)


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